Federal jury indicts woman for wire fraud
Published 12:13 pm Friday, March 9, 2012
A Warren County woman accused of improperly opening a credit account in 2008 has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
Angela Presley, 40, 434 Evans St., faces charges of wire fraud, access device fraud and aggravated identity theft, according to federal court documents. She was arrested Feb. 9 in Jackson, the same day she posted a $10,000 bond and was released, records show.
Trial is set for April 7 at the federal courthouse in Jackson with U.S. Southern District Judge David Bramlette presiding.
The case was presented to a Warren County grand jury in January 2009, but jurors declined to indict Presley.
She is represented by Vicksburg attorney Wren C. Way, who declined to comment on the pending case.
The victim, who was not identified in the indictment, accuses Presley of improperly opening a Capital One credit account and using the card to obtain more than $1,000 worth of merchandise or services.
The cards belonged to a real estate business, but a Warren County grand jury appeared to have doubted a portion of the accuser’s testimony in January 2009, District Attorney Ricky Smith said.
“We allowed both the victim and the defendant to testify before the grand jury,” Smith said. “At that time I believe that the grand jury felt that there was some question as to if the actions were done without the knowledge of the victim.”
Despite the lack of a local indictment, Smith said he was not surprised to see federal authorities prosecute the case.
“The U.S. Attorney’s Office has access to investigatory techniques and assets that my office does not have,” Smith said. “And some of the allegations that the victim had made took place outside of the jurisdiction of Warren County.”